{
  "id": 16741069,
  "title": "Justice Department pays R2.7 million for Senzo Mchunu’s legal fees while on special leave, Parliament told",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/27/justice-department-pays-r2-7-million-for-senzo-mchunus-legal-fees",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-27T10:48:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "IOL",
    "slug": "iol",
    "url": "https://iol.co.za/news/politics/2026-10-27-justice-department-pays-r27-millions-for-senzo-mchunus-legal-fees-while-on-special-leave-parliament-told/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The legal costs come on top of R3.16 million in taxpayer-funded remuneration received by Mchunu, bringing the combined identified expenditure to approximately R5.86 million.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}